iridescent

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(ĭr'ĭ-dĕs'ənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors: an iridescent oil slick; iridescent plumage.
  2. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful in effect or appearance: "The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room" (Carson McCullers).
iridescently ir'i·des'cent·ly adv.


meaning 'showing gleaming colours, rainbow-like', is spelt with one r, being derived from the Latin word iris (stem irid-) meaning 'rainbow'.

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IN BRIEF: The play of light producing rainbow colors.

pronunciation They walked along the beach admiring the iridescent abalone shells.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - iriserende, farvespillende, med regnbueglans

Nederlands (Dutch)
stralend, van kleur veranderend met beweging

Français (French)
adj. - chatoiement

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schillernd

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ιριδίζων

Italiano (Italian)
iridescente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - iridescente

Русский (Russian)
радужный, переливающийся

Español (Spanish)
adj. - iridiscente, irisado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - regnbågsskimrande, iriserande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
彩虹色的, 闪光的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 彩虹色的, 閃光的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무지개 빛깔의, 진주빛의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 玉虫色の, 虹色に輝く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متقزح اللون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ססגוני, רב-צבעים‬


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